Sunday, April 26, 2015

We went with Larry and Linda Kraft to look at Big Valley Park last evening. I think they had more structure damage than our park. They lost many car ports and free standing motor home ports. They have metal hanging from the power lines, and metal roof pieces everywhere. Some 2nd roofs were torn off or peeled back and tossed to the neighbors. Siding and porches ripped. We were very fortunate here. Our problems are mainly due to old and hollow trees. We do have a mess to clean up, but everyone is ok and that is the main thing.

The weatherman said we had 65 to 75 straight line winds. We did not realize it would be so serious or we would have gone to the brick hall! It came so fast, no one could go. We were watching as the tree behind us fell, also Harper's rental next to us had a door pop open and flap like crazy! Now that it is all over, it was funny--but it wasn't at the time. Our street (Lime) was blocked to traffic by fallen trees until Jim pulled them to the side. Since there is only one employee to clean the park of debris, the piles may be around for awhile. Mrs Yoder is back from her Manager Meeting; it will be interesting to hear her plans for us.

Linda Kraft sent me pictures of the windstorm they had in Magnolia Park last night near midnight. I will try to tell you where I think they are located but if I am wrong let me know and if there is not a description it is because I could not figure it out so please advise me. Note: Between Butch and I we have them identified...I think.
This tree is at the NE corner of Magnolia and center street. The back end of Stilson's trailer is in the picture.

This is Bob and Kim's place and it looks like that branch could give way any minute and crash into their little lavender bungalo.

Myron and Susan Van Houweling's place-lost their palm tree.

Lime street looking north.

Closer look on Lime

NW corner of Magnolia and Pecos street

Dorral's cactus suffered an injury.

Doris Nelson's awning is toast.

Doris N. place

Dohlman's on East Pecos street.

North of Stilson's on Peach St.

Between Bob Stavrums and the former Big Ed's place. Park now owns this one and the awning is gone.

Back side of Stilson's-Kay's clothesline looks good.

I think this tree was marked for demo anyway but it sure has not improved its looks.

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Butch and I have replaced our big bulky TV in the front of our Motorhome. More than once actually. I wish we had seen this article before we did it and that is why I am sharing it with you. This option has much appeal on many levels.

Editor's note: Back in Issue 596 we ran a story on a fold-down TV bracket that Greg put into his Class A motorhome. We immediately were hit with cries of, "Where can we get one?" from our readers. Here's a follow-up from Greg.

The bracket is full-custom, not store-bought. In order to get the TV nearly flush to the windshield, and also up tight against the overhead when stored, I needed a bent bracket design.

First, I used a piece of wire to mock up the angle and length I needed. Then I had a local plastics shop put a bend in a piece of 3/8" ABS textured sheet.

The sheet is attached at the front with two standard three-inch steel hinges, fastened to a metal portion of the overhead structure.

At the back edge, I used two strap retainers to hold one-inch black nylon straps. These use standard strap snap-catches to hold the TV up in stored position. I used two for stability and fail-safe design (don't want that puppy coming down while I'm driving), plus I needed the finished affair to be rattle-free. These worked out very nice.

I punched a one-inch hole in the overhead to accept all the cabling, and I put a split-sleeve cable cover over it all to dress it up a little.

The TV didn't hang down quite vertically (bent bracket center-of-gravity offset), so I mounted a small wooden knob into the windshield vertical post (not shown in photos). The bottom of the bent bracket slips over the edge of the knob to hold the TV vertical, and also to keep it from swinging.

Monday, April 20, 2015

Gene Kelly was a very, very talented man. This is the first time I've seen this, I never saw the movie.

Gene Kelly Tap Dancing in Roller Skates...This is fantastic. It is unbelievable. If you’ve ever roller-skated, you will find this impossible to believe!!! Paste it in your browser if the hyperlink doesn’t work.

Gene Kelly Tap Dancing in Roller Skates...

You have no idea how good Gene Kelly was at Dancing until you watch this. Notice also that almost all the ladies were wearing gloves except at the end when folks were clapping. This will bring some of those old time memories for most of us. Gene Kelly Tap Dancing in Roller Skates

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

I read this in a newsletter I receive and thought, " Wow, I have been saying this for awhile and here it is again."

If you’re an IE (Internet Explorer) fan, you’ll be happy to know that the next incarnation of IE(Internet Explorer) called “Spartan” will be so much like Chrome you’ll wish you would have learned Chrome

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